About the Live Your Legend Revolution

The Reason Why…

Imagine for a moment a world where everyone did work that made them come alive. And imagine if you were surrounded by the people who made that type of life possible.

What would that look like? How differently would you treat your server at lunch or your husband, wife or children? How much harder would you pursue the things in front of you? How much more innovation would there be? How would those around you start to treat others as a result of how you treated them?

One ripple creates another. When enough ripples intersect, you have a revolution.

I believe that the world would be an altogether different place if we all did work that actually mattered to us. Because when we focus our time and talents on the work that means something to us, it starts to matter to those around us as well. That’s what starts to change the world.

This way of life is more possible than you think. More possible than it’s ever been. Especially when you decide to surround yourself with the people already doing it. I want to expose you to that new world – to that community that makes the impossible not only possible, but normal. That is why Live Your Legend exists.

We, this site, you – all of us are here to lead a revolution of people doing work they love.

And hopefully, before long, you’ll start to feel like Simon, one of our 100,000+ community members…

“It was 18 months ago when I came across Live Your Legend and it just completely blew my mind. I was living this life thinking I have to kind of just do this. Then it was like a kid on Christmas Day with my wife thinking, ‘We don’t have to do this anymore.’ It was literally a life change. It opened so many doors. Thanks for everything you’re doing.”

- Simon P., Singapore

“There must be another way.”

That’s usually the thought that leads people right here.

And the answer is yes. Yes, there is. And it’s a lot more possible than you realize. My job, our job, is to shed light on that path – and to show you you’re not alone. Not even close.

With over 100,000 members from every country in the world who use our career and connection tools on a monthly basis, and with free monthly Live Your Legend Local meetup groups in over 150 cities in 48 countries (including Kenya, Kuwait, Sydney and San Francisco), one thing’s for sure…

You are certainly not alone.

Maybe your script sounds a little something like Jared’s did, who’s been with us since the beginning…

“I think about it every single day, I feel guilty, anxious about it. There’s only so much time on this earth. I need to do something.”

Don’t be mistaken, living your legend often takes massive effort to make the transition. You’re going to ask yourself some tough questions with even more challenging answers. But is there anything more worth getting right? This is your guide to breaking free – to knowing that you lived a life of meaning.

So get ready to cover a lot of ground. We’re constantly learning, reading, traveling, exploring, connecting with others and testing everything under the sun, from rapid ultra-marathon preparation to side-hustle business prototypes and creating instant physical rapport. Every bit of it helps us better understand ourselves and how you can better push limits and put your dent in the world.

So, does any of this resonate?

You know you could be doing better work, you’re just not sure where to start.

You feel lost and let down. Like the system, culture, school, society, the people you depended on have led you astray.

You’re tired of people telling you life has to be lived a certain way.

You need a tight community of people who actually understand you – to inspire and support your big ideas.

You want to do something that actually matters – to you and to the world.

You need help getting there.

What we’re doing here is not for everyone, but if this strikes a chord, then come join us and the hundreds of thousands of other readers already committed to doing all they can with this one very short life.

We are meant to do work we love.

The world needs it.

It starts with becoming a part of something much bigger than any one of us. This is not a journey fit for the solo traveler. There are other people who see the world the same way. Who share your beliefs. They’re on this page right now, reading this right along with you. And they’re all over the world. It turns out there are a lot of us.

You’re in good company.

Watch the Full Story on the TEDx Stage in San Francisco…

In October of 2012, I was asked to give a TEDx talk at the de Young Museum in San Francisco on How to Find & Do Work You Love. It was an unbelievable honor (and a tad terrifying). The talk has now been viewed over 1,900,000 times and is currently one of the top 20 most viewed TEDx talks of the 40,000+ talks on YouTube. I’m incredibly grateful, and it’s been surreal to see experience unfold, especially since this message embodies exactly what our Live Your Legend Revolution stands for.

It also covers our proprietary Passionate Work Framework, a surprisingly simple 3-step process that I learned from my 10+ years of interviewing and researching thousands of people doing work that mattered.

Oh, and if you watch closely, you might catch my mic flying off my face in the middle of my favorite story – luckily I didn’t notice until I stepped off the stage. I was just following TEDx orders: Bring the passion…

Live Your Legend:

To live each day making your unique dent in the world, using your natural strengths, passions and talents.

A while back I was exploring Patagonia with my dad doing some fly fishing and reflecting. I found myself laying out on a fallen tree reading The Alchemist for the fifth time. It’s a story about a boy pursuing his Personal Legend – one’s destiny and reason for being. It’s something you never actually accomplish, but is more an inherent feeling of purpose you spend your life pursuing.

This legend, more than anything, gives one genuine reason to live and do great things. After reading one of the passages, I looked out to the stream and, among some of the most vast wildernesses in the world, realized we are all here to live our own legend.

What’s your Legend? Are you living it?

We all have dreams, passions and gifts that the world desperately needs. If we aren’t adding those to the world, we aren’t living our potential and we’ll never be fully fulfilled. Not to mention we’re short changing the rest of the world! But don’t worry, your legend doesn’t have to be some earth-shattering thing – it can be anything as long as it’s meaningful to you. Maybe it’s solving world hunger or simply using your talent to teach algebra to the child down the street. It isn’t about size or fame or recognition. It’s about putting a dent in the world that only you are capable of.

It’s about finding what makes you come alive. It’s about being free.

Whether you know it or not, you have a deep desire to Live Your Legend. We all do.

Unfortunately, too many people tell us these dreams aren’t possible. Perhaps it’s time to stop listening and start living. It’s time to start doing things we give a sh*t about. Or as Theodore Roosevelt so perfectly said, it’s time to step into the arena. His words sit etched into a piece of wood, which as a permanent place on my stand-up desk as I type this…

The Man (or Woman) In The Arena

It is not the critic who counts;

not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,

or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;

who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,

because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;

but who does actually strive to do the deeds;

who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;

who spends himself in a worthy cause;

who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,

and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,

But who am I to say all this?

I’m Scott. I’m likely not much different than any of you. Other than the fact that I love learning and improvement, and for the past decade I’ve run experiments on myself and others to better understand what lights us on fire.

Over the years I noticed a process for making these discoveries and started helping others find the same through 1:1 work, writing, documenting folks living their legends all over the world, and getting out on all kinds of adventures (what else is life for??). It turns out to be pretty fulfilling work and pretty damn important. You can check out my full story here.

The following beliefs drive most of my actions:

We are capable of a lot more than we give ourselves credit for.

You don’t have to do things the way they’ve always been done.

There’s usually a better way.

Most things aren’t as impossible as we think. They must be tested.

Exploring and getting out on adventures adds clarity to most of life’s confusions.

We can all do work we love, we just have to understand ourselves first – and create the proper surroundings.

Environment. Is. Everything. The fastest way to do the things you don’t think can be done is to hang around people already doing them. Choose your friends wisely and brainwash the impossible.

The education and experiments never end.

If you share any of these values, you will be right at home here.

There are big things to come and I hope you’ll join for the ride. This is me living my legend, encouraging you to lead yours. Come join the revolution!

“It was 18 months ago when I came across Live Your Legend and it just completely blew my mind. I was living this life thinking I have to kind of just do this. Then it was like a kid on Christmas Day with my wife thinking ‘we don’t have to do this anymore.’ It was literally a life change. It opened so many doors. Thanks for everything you’re doing.”